Ben sighed dramatically.
“Okay,” he said. “Maybe I should’ve been more specific.”
Everyone laughed.
And as I watched my children together, I realized that was exactly what I had wanted all along.
Not a perfect life.
Not an easy one.
Just this.
A little girl covered in frosting.
A big brother making her laugh.
And a family finally allowing him to be seven years old again instead of asking him to be the
